About the Author

David R. Loy began Zen practice in Hawaii in 1971 with Yamada Koun and Robert Aitken, and continued with Koun Roshi in Japan, where he lived for almost twenty years. He was authorized to teach in 1988 and leads retreats and workshops nationally and internationally at places such as at Spirit Rock, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Omega Institute, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, Terre d’Eveil in Paris, and Dharma Gate in Budapest. David recently received an honorary PhD from his alma mater, Carleton College, for his years of work on socially engaged Buddhism.

David’s books and articles have been translated into many languages. His recent works include A New Buddhist Path and Ecodharma. He has written many articles and blog posts on Buddhism, ecology, and activism. He is very interested in the parallels between what Buddhism teaches about our personal predicament and our current collective environmental predicament. He is a director and the vice president of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. David’s writings and videos are available at www.davidloy.org.